Joi Ito

Joi Ito is one of the most forward-thinking tech entrepreneurs working today. Whether it’s through his role as the director of the MIT Media Lab or his involvement in dozens of innovative companies, Ito has spent his life working to push culture and society ahead through tech. But he’s far from the stereotypical apathetic Silicon Valley mogul—his work invests itself in the effects of technology as much as it does in creativity.